Beverage vending machine and device

Abstract

The invention relates to a method of vending a hot beverage and to a portable beverage vending device. The method of vending a hot beverage from a portable vending device comprises the steps of (i) feeding a beverage into an insulated pressure vessel through a liquid port; (ii) heating the beverage in the pressure vessel to a temperature higher than 100 °C at a predetermined heating station; (iii)dispensing the hot beverage from said pressure vessel through said liquid port into desired receptacles, (iv)wherein when the pressure inside the vessel is less than atmospheric pressure, the hot beverage is dispensed through said liquid port by pneumatically pressurizing said vessel through a pneumatic port.